Welcome to my botanical arts blog.
I am a botanical illustrator, trained at the Denver Botanic Gardens, in Colorado. I am now a transplant to the gulf coast of Florida. I am discovering tropical gardening.
Illustrating Nature is my passion and flowers are a favorite.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The process of painting....

When we were hiking, I also found this wonderful mushroom growing out of a Birch tree. The juxtaposition of the colors caught my eye. The mushroom is sort of a beige color... non-descript, as mushrooms go, but popped against the wonderful "darks" and greens of the tree and lichen on the tree, it made me want to paint it.

Okay, so I am in a National Park and I want to grab this tree and mushroom and bring it home. Well, first of all, the Airlines would have a fit; It's quite illegal to take anything from a National Park, and it just isn't feasible to walk around with a mushroom in my pocket, anyway.

So, I took lots of photos (for reference) and then sat and sketched the size and shape, as best I could. Now, I have some references to work from. I am currently working on the pencil drawing.... which I will post tomorrow.... then on to the painting. It's all a process.

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